[SA18557] Gallery Fullname Script Insertion Vulnerability

TITLE:
Gallery Fullname Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18557

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Gallery 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/1933/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Gallery, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion
attacks.

Input passed to a user's fullname isn't properly sanitised before
being used. This may be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script
code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of
an affected site when the malicious user data is viewed.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.5.2-RC2. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130&package_id=7239

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Peter Schumacher.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://gallery.menalto.com/page/gallery_1_5_2_release

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